Where I am sitting at my computer now, there is a Midas Car repair shop about 10' away. I have lived in the apartment above my shop for 3 or 4 years now. I have become very farmiliar with how repairs are sold.
The salesmans job is to make the customer feel good about their purchase. That is what a good salesman does. If the job is done right that helps make his job easier but it's not totally necessary. The second part of a salesmans job is to sell as much as he can to each person, regardless of how necessary the repairs are. These guys are much like lawyers in the sense they are trying to get all you have to spend and then a little more.
I have seen them sued. The customer gets a judgement against the business, and NEVER gets paid. There simply is no mechanism in place to make the business pay.
The only recourse you have as a customer is to be prepared. You have to be farmiliar with repairs and what they cost. You should absolutely be there while the repairs are being done if at all possible. If the mechanic is not comfortable with that, get another mechanic that is. Everyone is a sucker to them until they prove them otherwise. Be prepared to prove them otherwise.
There is one guy I know, that I would drop my car off for repairs, wait for him to call me and tell me what I need and pay him without checking his work. Sad as it is, this guy doesn't work for any of the shops my investor owns. He is just an honest competant businessman I randomly met.
That is the only other way around knowing the salemans and mechanics job;find someone you can trust to fix you boat. There are honest proficient people out there. But the VAST majority lack honesty.
I have seen some very wise people post on here, they say "Does anyone know a good mechanic in Where-evers-vill?" Most of the posts concerning mechanics are after the fact horror stories though.
The salesmans job is to make the customer feel good about their purchase. That is what a good salesman does. If the job is done right that helps make his job easier but it's not totally necessary. The second part of a salesmans job is to sell as much as he can to each person, regardless of how necessary the repairs are. These guys are much like lawyers in the sense they are trying to get all you have to spend and then a little more.
I have seen them sued. The customer gets a judgement against the business, and NEVER gets paid. There simply is no mechanism in place to make the business pay.
The only recourse you have as a customer is to be prepared. You have to be farmiliar with repairs and what they cost. You should absolutely be there while the repairs are being done if at all possible. If the mechanic is not comfortable with that, get another mechanic that is. Everyone is a sucker to them until they prove them otherwise. Be prepared to prove them otherwise.
There is one guy I know, that I would drop my car off for repairs, wait for him to call me and tell me what I need and pay him without checking his work. Sad as it is, this guy doesn't work for any of the shops my investor owns. He is just an honest competant businessman I randomly met.
That is the only other way around knowing the salemans and mechanics job;find someone you can trust to fix you boat. There are honest proficient people out there. But the VAST majority lack honesty.
I have seen some very wise people post on here, they say "Does anyone know a good mechanic in Where-evers-vill?" Most of the posts concerning mechanics are after the fact horror stories though.
